Police Seek Information About Hunter's Death Police

State police at Frackville and thePennsylvania Game Commission are continuing their investigation into the shooting death of a 34-year-old Tamaqua R.1 man who died Saturday while hunting.

Timothy D. Leitzel was found by his brother-in-law, Robert Williamson, at about 4 p.m. after Leitzel failed to meet him at 9:30 a.m. Leitzel and Williamson left Saturday morning at 6:30 to hunt deer on Spring Mountain in Kline Township.

Leitzel stayed at an area of the mountain known as Camp Brezzy. When he failed to meet Williamson later in the day, he decided to keep hunting while looking for Leitzel. Williamson shot a deer at about 2:30 p.m., took it home, and returned to search for Leitzel. He was found on the south ridge of Spring Mountain.

Leitzel was pronounced dead at the scene at 6:30 p.m. by Schuylkill County Deputy Coroner Frank Fetter of Barnesville. Dr. Richard Bindie of Pottsville Hospital attributed death to a gunshot wound to the head.

Police and the Game Commission are asking that they be contacted by any hunter who heard a shot or saw someone in the area. The scene is about one- half mile south of Lofty Road and about one mile west of Route 309.